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12A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MAY 25, 2015 Champs: Astoria took eight athletes to Eugene Continued from Page 1A Astoria started the day with a bang by taking second in the 400-meter relay with Natalie Cummings surging past three WHDPVRQWKH¿QDOVWUDLJKWDZD\ “I knew we had it in us, but it felt surre- al when I was moving past people,” Cum- PLQJV VDLG ³7KDW JRW WKH UHVW RI WKH GD\ ÀRZLQJIRUDOORIXV:HMXVWZDQWHGWRJHW our team on the podium at the end of the GD\´ Cummings helped to neutralize New- port’s big effort in the sprints by picking up nine points for the Fishers after taking IRXUWKLQWKHDQG¿IWKLQWKH 7KH )LVKHUV DOVR JRW D ELJ GD\ RXW RI rookie distance runner Kaylee Mitchell, who was second in the 800 and 1,500, while also running the anchor leg on the WHDP¶VVL[WKSODFHORQJUHOD\,QWKHORQJHU UDFH0LWFKHOOIRXQGKHUVHOILQDMXPEOHRI four racers who took turns pacing the pack in the early stages with Mitchell out in IURQWDWWKHKDOIZD\SRLQW ³,DOPRVWWULSSHGLQWKHSDFNVR,MXVW ZHQWWRWKHIURQW´0LWFKHOOVDLG³7KDWDOVR allowed me to stay inside and avoid taking H[WUDVWULGHV´ By the bell lap, Mitchell and La Grande VHQLRU$PDQGD:HOFKKDGEURNHQDZD\IRU DWZRSHUVRQVKRZGRZQWRWKH¿QLVK “I was shocked that I was still running VRKDUG,MXVWSLFWXUHGP\GDGRQWKDW¿QDO turn and ran that last lap for him,” Mitch- HOOVDLG³+HZDVGHSOR\HGDFRXSOHZHHNV ago, but if he would have been there he would have shouted ‘Go Kaylee, you gotta JR¶´ 0LWFKHOODQG:HOFKHQJDJHGLQDVLPLODU EDWWOHLQWKH¿QDODERXWWZRKRXUVODWHU :HOFK SXW RQ D EXUVW KHDGLQJ WRZDUG the bell, and Mitchell was the only racer LQ WKH SDFN WR DQVZHU KHU FKDOOHQJH 6KH SDVVHGXS:HOFKRQWKHRSHQLQJWXUQRIWKH ¿QDOODSDQGWKHWZRZRXOGWUDGHWKHIURQW VSRWFRPLQJGRZQWKHEDFNVWUHWFK0LWFK- ell carried a slight lead coming off the last FRUQHUEHIRUH:HOFKSXWRQD¿QDOEXUVWWR ZLQE\WKUHHVWULGHV Mitchell scored 16 team points with the distance-race efforts and helped the Lady Fishermen reach the podium in both relays, DVZHOO Astoria senior Kaisa Johnson was sixth LQWKHZKLOH.RUII¿QLVKHGVHYHQWKLQ WKH VKRW SXW9LFWRULD .HH UDQ WKH VHFRQG OHJRQ$VWRULD¶VUXQQHUXSUHOD\ 7KH /DG\ )LVK SLFNHG XS SRLQWV during Friday’s opening session with +DJHPDQWDNLQJWKLUGLQWKHORQJMXPSDQG IRXUWK LQ WKH KLJK MXPS ZKLOH .RUII ZDV WKLUGLQWKHMDYHOLQ Astoria took eight athletes to Eugene DQG-RKQVRQZDVWKHRQO\VHQLRULQWKHPL[ • On the boys side, sophomore Lucas &DUXDQD¿QLVKHGIRXUWKLQWKH JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Astoria celebrates after winning the 4A girls State Championship at the OSAA 2015 Track and Field State Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene Saturday. 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